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[MACS Lecture Series] Topological analysis of a digital reconstruction of a cortical microcircuit

Date:

2017/07/19 Wed 13:00 - 15:00

Room:

Room 110, Building No.3

Speaker:

Ran Levi

Affiliation:

The University of Aberdeen

Abstract:

In this lecture, I will start with some basic facts on neuroscience and the digital reconstruction of a rat’s neocortex by the Blue Brain Project. I will then proceed to the work I have done with the Blue Brain Project team, where we applied topological techniques to study emergent properties of the reconstructed neocortical microcircuit. In particular I shall demonstrate how the topological techniques give new data on the behaviour of neural systems and inspire new directions in neuroscience research.